Leg and foot protector



(No Model.)

H. A. DUOAT.

LEG'AND FOOT PROTECTOR.

N 4.114. T Patented Mar.20,.1883.

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A. DUOAT, OF PORTAGE, VVISGONSIN.

LEG AND FOOT PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,114, dated March 20, 1883.

Application filed November 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. DUGAT, of Portage, in the county of Columbia and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leg and Foot Pro" tectors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of i the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and is designed to be placed within a boot or shoe for protection from cold, and to keep the natural Warmth from being dissipated by snow,

ice, water, orlow temperature.

The invention consists of a foot and leg protector composed of the several pieces hereinafter set forth and described.

I .In the annexed drawings, the letters A, B,

C, D, and E designate the pattern or pieces from which the protector is made. The sequence of parts proceeding from the sole to the left and then around indicates their arrangement, and the edges which are to be secured together are shown by certain letters and their primes. The letter A indicates the sole-piece, to theoutside q-nartecedge, a, of which is secured the bottom edge, a, of the outside back piece, B, provided with a tongue, 00, the purpose of which will be hereinaiter set forth. The leg edge I) of this piece B is secured to the rear leg edge, b, of the main leg and inside piece, 0, the lower, part of which terminates in the portion F, which forms a half-upper of the protector, the lower edge, 0, of this piece and the half-upper being secured to the inside edge, 0, of the sole A. To the edge of this piece 0 and its half-upper F is secured the piece D. This piece-consists of a leg portion, at, and a halt-upper, G, the latter, with the half-upper F, forming the upper of the protector. This piece D is secured by its edgej" to that of the main leg-piece U, and by the edge d of its half-upper G to the forward outside quarter, cl, of the sole A. At the inner end of the edge cl of the half-upper Gr there is made a rabbet or inset, m, the edge m of which has a length about equalto the width of the tongue 00 of the piece: B, and it is at this point that this tongue is secured to the piece D, passing beyond the inset, making a close joint, and thus bringing all the pieces together, and only requiring the flap-piece E to complete the article. This piece is provided with a hem, H, on its edge 0 and is secured by its edge e to the edge e of the piece D, and covers snugly and securely the slit where the edges of the leg-pieces B and D meet.

This construction produces a protector which is made to iii; the wearer exactly, and hence iits within a boot snugly, like a stocking, without any portion being pinched together or rumpled. The parts lap so as to make a close joint, and the peculiar construction of the tongue and the inset makes the lower part of the slit as tight as any of the rest, and the hem keeps out snow, &c.

The protector may be made of any suitable material, some kind of skin-such as sheepbeing preferable. It is to be put on the foot and leg, like a stocking, and the boot or shoe is drawn over it. It is specially useful for lumbermen, hunters, and others in high latitudes and cold climates. By its neat fit it can be worn without any discomfort, and, if the boots become dry, they are kept by the softness of the protector from hurting the feet.

The device may be fastened (by straps, as shown, or by othermeans.

Havingdescribed my invention, what I claim 1s- A foot and leg protector composed of the pieces A, B, O, D, and E, arranged as set forth.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

,HENRY A. DUOAT. 

